Three Questions from a Linux Virgin

[Ghod]

sreynolds at internode.on.net wrote:

>Yesterday I installed Fedora on a stand-alone machine at
>home.
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>Q1) When I mount my USB flash drive I can only write to the
>drive as root. I logged in as root and tried to change
>permissions for all users to RWE (777?), but I get a message
>that says that I don't have permission to change permissions
>on the flash drive. I thought root was god, so my wild guess
>is that there is something wrong with my entry for sda1 in
>fstab:
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>/dev/sda1  /mnt/removable  auto  auto,user,rw  0 0
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>Is there something wrong with this entry?
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The entry looks fine, what are the permissions on the dir that it is 
being mounted on, and who owns it?

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>Q2) What's the command to change file and directory
>permissions recursively down through a directory tree.
>
chmod -R (permissions) dir the R MUST BE CAP (yes there is a difference)

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>Q3) I have a reasonably new Canon LBP-810 laser printer that
>I can't print to because Fedora doesn't have print drivers
>for this printer. I've googled for printer drivers, but
>can't find any. I've googled the problem and it seems Linux
>cannot support this printer. The only solution that I can
>find is to run a widows printer server and print through
>that. This isn't a solution for a single stand-alone machine
>at home and of course I don't want to network two machines
>and run two machines just so that I can print.
>
>Is there a solution or has my printer denied me access to
>the wonderful world of Linux?
>
I wouldn't say it has denied you access to the wonderful world of linux, 
but might limit your use of said. MOST printers made now are 
WIN-printers like win-modems they are brainless. IE the brains are 
software driven, and there for need code to work. there are a few 
drivers being made for these printers... I have no clue about yours, but 
I know there are projects out there.
look for print drivers and multi-function drivers etc.. Google for your 
specific printer might not turn up anything, since if the driver is 
written for 100 printers they will nto list them all.
look for drivers then weed them out if they don't apply. MANY are still 
only BETA as well.

Hope this info helps.
Ghod

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